---
name: "Cursed Scroll"
mana_cost: "{1}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "TMP"
set_name: "Tempest"
collector_number: "281"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "D. Alexander Gregory"
oracle_id: "514752ea-d453-41d4-97cf-b1dcdb4b4a08"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cursed-scroll-tmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cursed Scroll
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{3}, {T}: Choose a card name, then reveal a card at random from your hand. If that card has the chosen name, this artifact deals 2 damage to any target.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Magus of the Scroll](/printing/magus-of-the-scroll-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Vexing Arcanix](/printing/vexing-arcanix-8ed.md) — Artifact
3. [Denied!](/printing/denied-ugl.md) — Instant
4. [Diviner's Lockbox](/printing/diviners-lockbox-m20.md) — Artifact
5. [Booby Trap](/printing/booby-trap-9ed.md) — Artifact
6. [Spoils of the Vault](/printing/spoils-of-the-vault-mrd.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest (TMP) #281
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** D. Alexander Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`